GEORGE TOWN: A rare disease known as Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) syndrome has been causing Form Four student T. Kavinraj to vomit whatever he eats or drinks since March last year.
The 16-year-old from Balik Pulau has been in and out of hospitals since then, and his weight has dropped from 45kg to 31kg.
“He was unable to hold down any food or liquid, and I took him to three different hospitals – he underwent numerous scans before doctors discovered his condition. “However, they had to postpone it indefinitely as Kavinraj is too undernourished to go through the surgery,” he said when contacted yesterday.
Thangrajan said Kavinraj’s surgery was expected to cost about RM150,000, and so far, he was able to come up with about RM50,000 from his medical insurance and donations by well-wishers.
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